Fun Holidays - Counting Crows Day

The 1984 Soviet cartoon “How Petya Pyatochkin Counted Elephants” is about a playful boy who couldn’t fall asleep during the day A kindergarten teacher helped him overcome difficulties The teacher suggested that Petya count the fairytale elephants, after which the boy finally fell asleep The behavior of an absent-minded and inattentive person is characterized by the idiom “counting crows” or “catching crows” This phraseology is often used by parents and teachers to address thoughtful and distracted children In honor of the catchphrase, a funny Crow Counting Day was invented and widely celebrated on March 2nd The idiom, like the mythical birds, is present in many languages ​​of the world Odin's ravens Hugin and Munin, who flew around all nine existing worlds, have long been symbols of secret knowledge and wisdom The supreme deity of the northern peoples is often depicted with two birds on his shoulders Huginn and Muninn are first mentioned as characters in skaldic poetry in the collection of myths "Younger Edda" According to legends, every evening, returning to Asgard and sitting on the shoulders of the Father, these wise birds told Odin about everything they saw and heard during the day Therefore, upon closer examination, the expression “counting crows” lacks the lightness and superficiality usually attributed to it The black bird, which our ancestors treated with great respect and reverence, is a symbol of wisdom and a harbinger of death Chernobog, who reigns in the world of the dead, was considered the patron saint of black crows in the mythology of the ancient Slavs This bird, in their opinion, had prophetic gifts and wisdom With the advent of Christianity, the symbolism of the crow underwent changes Orthodox believers began to believe that ravens were inhabited by the souls of sorcerers, evil people and suicides This is where the roots of the expression “death croaked,” etc come from “Why is she alone, Lizaveta Prokofyevna, condemned to take care of everyone, to notice and predict everything, while everyone else is to count only crows?” - the author asks in the novel FI Dostoevsky's "Idiot" At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries the well-known expression began to acquire a negative connotation Counting crows was carried out by people who were far from reality, who were known as careless students and dreamers Poet Irina Borzykh writes in one of her poems for children: The daydreaming and contemplative attitude towards reality of some people became the reason for the establishment of an unusual holiday Everyone who is at heart a bit of a slacker, a slacker and a dreamer who loves to live in isolation from reality, celebrates Counting Crows Day on March 2